Tag Archives: Crash

KAMPALA | Xinhua |  The Ugandan military said Wednesday that one of its helicopters crashed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, with five of the eight people on board feared dead. Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson for the Ugandan military, told Xinhua by telephone that three of those on board survived, while …

NEW DELHI | Xinhua|  An Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International …

Helicopters are more dangerous than planes ANALYSIS | SCOTT NEUMAN | The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other top officials on May 19 was the latest high-profile deadly helicopter accident in recent years. For most people, the death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  A truck has failed to brake at the Namboole interchange along the Kampala-Jinja road Thursday and rammed into 13 vehicles and two boda bodas, killing two people instantly. Police confirmed the incident, and said investigations into the cause of the crash have kicked …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people were killed in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway in Nakasongola District on Monday evening. The accident occurred in Kyankonwa village in Katuugo town council when a Toyota Hiace registration number UAM 930P collided with a stationary truck registration number UBB 736C. …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been killed in a road crash in Kabale District. The crash which occurred on Thursday at 11:30 pm at Butare village along Katuna-Kabale-Mbarara Highway involved a Simba Bus and a Mercedes Benz. According to eyewitnesses, the bus registration number KCG 888F was …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have been killed in a road crash and scores injured in Migyera town council along the Kampala – Gulu Highway. The crash that happened at 5:30 am involved a bus belonging to California bus company registration number UBB 538K and a truck number …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that the aircraft registration number 5X- RBR was heading to Mweya-Kasese to pick up passengers back to Entebbe International Airport when it experienced difficulties and attempted to return to landing, but crashed. According to Owoyesigyire, one of the …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Fourteen people have been reported missing after a light aircraft registered in Tanzania and owned by a firm based in Zanzibar crashed off the Comoros Saturday. Tanzania’s local media reported Monday that the 14 people went missing after a Cessna Caravan crashed into …

New Delhi, India | Xinhua | India’s Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others including his wife were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. “Deeply anguished by the sudden demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his …